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They have collaborated with such people as the flamboyant and world-famous hat designer Stephen Jones and have grown to become one of Belgium's most edgy cult designers, closely connected to the Antwerp Six (Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Walter Van Beirendonck ). With fashion shows and flagship stores in Paris, New York and London, they are much respected internationally and hugely admired in Japan.  A.F. Vandevorst's aesthetics are the result of their strong love for the visual arts, music and literature and of their great interest in cultural archetypes. This book focuses on their diverse inspirations, including Joseph Beuys, the military and the medical scene, and is a collaboration with artists to whom An and Filip feel strongly connected. Among them is Blixa Bargeld (Nick Cave \u0026amp; the  Bad Seeds\/Einsturzende Neubauten), who was the source of their first company's name and has been a big inspiration ever  since.  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This  book  focuses  on  designers  for  whom  fashion and the mode of presenting it have held equal significance:  Alexander  McQueen,  Martin  Margiela, Hussein Chalayan, Viktor and Rolf, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel, Raf Simons, Thom Browne, and Imitation of Christ, among them. From  the  performance  art  spectacles  of  the  first Alexander  McQueen  collections  in  the  mid-1990s and the high-art concept shows of Hussein Chalayan in the late 1990s to the lavish beauty of Chanel haute couture  in  2012,  author  Alix  Browne  explores  the highest pinnacles of fashion today. Runway gives the reader full access to the theatrical and creative aspects of the production, in both intimate, little-seen runway shows from the pre-Internet era many of the photo- graphs  here  have  never  been  published  before as well as major productions with elaborate sets and full- blown narrative. 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